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The timing [of the China-Argentina currency swap] is intentional. It’s done in a moment when it’s very clear that [the Argentine presidential] election could go in two very different directions.Read more +

China will engage with Argentina in whatever form possible, regardless of the outcome of the presidential election. That said, a Milei win would no doubt result in a rethinking of relations with China, and possibly even a review of existing projects.Read more +

What China is trying to do, whether in Latin America or across the globe, is to shape its external environment.Read more +

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China’s engagement across the Global South is inherently complex. Asia and Latin America Program Director, Margaret Myers, considers whether or not China has achieved the role of de facto leader of Global South nations.Read more +

The Seventh Annual Latin America Energy Conference convened experts to explore how tools like energy diplomacy, strategic investments, regulation, technology, and information could square these countries’ urgent need to decarbonize with their continued extraction of fossil fuel resources.Read more +

William Reinsch holds the Scholl Chair in International Business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and is a senior adviser at Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP.Read more +

Rebecca Brocato is founder and principal at Stony Run Advisory.Read more +

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Ten years on, how has the BRI evolved? And what should we expect from the initiative as it enters its second decade?Read more +

Divisions will continue to intensify as China pursues de facto leadership of the Global South.Read more +

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The growing divide between the United States and its G7 partners and an increasingly China-led Global South is concerning, especially as the United States looks to compete more effectively with China in Latin America, Africa, the Pacific, and beyond. Read more +

The Global Gateway is, in many ways, a reaction to China’s expanding presence in the global south.Read more +

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The National Bureau of Asia Research interviewed Margaret Myers about the various components of the PRC’s engagement with the region, including across diplomatic, economic, and security arenas.Read more +

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What are China’s strategic interests and involvement in Cuba and Latin America, and should the United States view them as national security concerns?Read more +

The use of the yuan is growing, especially in those countries that are looking to establish stronger ties with China, that view themselves as in some way politically aligned on this particular objective of decreasing their overall reliance on the dollar and on the US in general.Read more +

Les crédits massifs avaient contribué à asseoir la présence des entreprises chinoises sur le terrain, leur ouvrant des marchés et les internationalisant … Aujourd’hui, celles-ci n’en ont plus besoin. Elles sont devenues compétitives. Elles travaillent en partenariat avec d’autres sociétés, y compris internationales, et apportent leur propre financement.Read more +